Globe or shade holder



(No Model.)

L. SGHLEGELMILOH. GLOBE 0R SHADE HOLDER.

No. 421,319. Patented Feb. 11,1890.

WITNEEEEE. l JvEpl-rmfl. ewe WW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEOPOLD SCIILEGELMILOH, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

GLOBE OR SHADE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 421,319, dated February11, 1890.

Application filed March 5, 1889. Serial No. 301,979. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEoPoLD SoHLEeEL- MILOH, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Globe or Shade Holders, of which the following, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to that class of lamp-shades thatare used in connection with'electric incandescent lamps, although it maybe applied to other lamps and fixtures, the object being to make asimple, cheap, and secure holder that can easily be applied and one thatis adjustable and can be expanded to adapt it to fixtures of differentsizes. This object I attain by the mechanism'shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation showing my device attachedto the socket-piece of an incandescent electric burner. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the clamping-ring of my device detached from theshade-holding ring. Fig. 3 is a View in perspective of the shadeholdingring disconnected from the clampingring.

I have shown my device attached to a socket-piece Aof an incandescentburner for the purpose of illustrating the use of my de vice and themethod of attaching it to a holder.

The principal member of my shade-holder consists of the ring D, Figs. 1and 3. This ring has formed upon it ears h h, to which the screw-nuts hh are attached. Each of the screw-nuts h h has a finger-screw H,

which serves, in connection with the ring D, to hold the shade or globe,as the case may be, in place. The ring D is made with itsinwardly-projecting and hooked arms D D D from a single piece of metal,the whole to be stamped out of a plate blank. By making the ring D andits arms D D D of a single piece of metal I avoid all joints liable tobecome loose and all weak points, as well as make a very cheap ring.Each of the arms D is bent so as to form a vertical part d and areturn-hook (1, so that the arms, together with the hooks 61, may make asecure holding device for the clamping-ring B, Figs. 1 and 2. Theclamping-ring B, which passes around the vertical parts of said arms,Figs. 1 and 2, is a plain band of thin metal curved, as shown, andhaving two cars C and G, through which a clamping-screw S works for thepurpose of holding the ring firmly in place. The two partsthat is, theholdingring D and the clamping-ring B-are made separately, but combinedfor use. The ring B can be sufficiently enlarged by slackening the screwS to allow it to be slipped over the parts d d of the arms D D andlocated in relation to the ring D, as shown in Fig. 1.

\Vhen the two parts D and B are placed together, they form a simple,cheap, and strong shade-holder, that can be attached to the part A, asshown in Fig. 1, and made firm by means of the clamping-screw S.

I claim In holders for lamps, shades, or globes, the holding-ring D,having arms D D, made integral with it, each of the arms D having areturn-hook (Z and a vertical part (Z, adapted to make a secure holdingdevice for the clamping-ring B, in combination with the cla1nping-ring13, passing around the vertical parts of said arms, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

LEOPOLD SCHLEGELMILCH.

WVitnesses:

MATTHEW M. BLUNT, \VILLIAM H. PARRY.

